ranking every single horror book i’ve ever read to find out what i like 👻 HORROR GENRE AUDIT 

👻 this might sound super random but as someone that works full time I truly don’t know how you are able to do all this 😂 you’ve done a many vids this month I’m very impressed

Bestie, you work full time, have a consistent video schedule with great content, AND book bind as a hobby?! When do you sleep??? Also very excited to watch this, I saved it for when I had a not so great day and needed a pick me up so here we are 😂

I haven't read a number of these books, but my quarter-baked idea is that maybe you like horror where the atmosphere and setting are key to the book and even drive the plot? I'm thinking about Our Wives Under the Sea and your comments about space horror but also things like The Only Good Indians and even My Best Friend's Exorcism (which would not be the same book if it was set in another time period imo).

BRO I NEED TO READ OUR WIVES IN THE SEA!!! Maybe another book Ill like (if I do it’ll be 3/3 for the books we love between the both of us!!!)

ooh, i was so excited when you mentioned maybe doing this as an idea, and i definitely didn't expect it to happen so fast! the devil works hard etc etc

I wanted to recommend A Dowry of Blood but then I saw it on the top tier! I'm glad you liked it as much as I did, this book got me back into reading in 2022

I'm in love with your top. So cute!

Also before I forget: adding to the chorus of people who are recommending The Last House on Needless Street. What a ride! Secondly, since you like Grady Henderix, have you checked out Horrorstor? Its a camp extravaganza in a b-rate IKEA knock off store. Definitely check out the physical copy because it gives old Sears catalogs your grandparents had in the best way lol Also also its not technically horror but I feel like you would like the vibes of Rebecca by Daphne de Murier (definitely butchered that last name)

I would love to see you read the last house on needless street by catriona ward and when no one is watching by alyssa cole, I feel like those are definitely ones you’d enjoy!

this was so great, i super need another corkboard style 5 star audit for these hehe

Also heck yes I love The Patient by Jasper DeWitt so I was excited to see it at the top of your list! 😍👏 that is one of the scariest books I’ve ever read and I feel like it’s so underrated

I'm cracking up over how all over the place the books we've both read are hah. I LOVE My Best Friend's Exorcism but also Final Girl Support Group (sorry not sorry), and Bunny (so I think I should maybe read Catherine House based on your feelings?) but I totally agree with you on This Thing Between Us and The Only Good Indians. I have The Hollow Places on my shelf now! And I just read A Dowry of Blood and it was great.

I loved Final Girl Support Group and I am willing to die alone on that hill 😂

Ahhh I loved Tender is the Flesh. I’m a speculative fiction lover and horror is the cherry on the cake for me.

I hope you are doing better! Also, I very much enjoyed the rankings👻👻

of your top 5, i’ve only read comfort me with apples, the patient, and a dowry of blood. the patient and a dowry of blood are similar in the way that they tell the story through letter or blog posts. so maybe you will enjoy more horror books like that!!! sadly i don’t have a specific recommendation :(

I have very similar taste in terms of horror, I was nodding along with almost every decision you made😆I'm a big fan of short horror. Less pacing issues. Cirque Beserk by Jessica Guess is really fun (It's like Hide by Kirsten White except good) The Cavern by Alister Hodge was a good ocean horror with some local folklore elements (though the audiobook was NOT it). I really enjoyed The Venue by TJ Payne, The Forgotten Island by David Sodergren, and In the Hills Above the Gristmill by Kalvin Ellis. My favorite horror books this year are How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix(almost skipped it, glad I didn't. More of study on complicated family dynamics but with some gore and humor) and Briardark by SA Harian (Unsure if you'd like this. Think Blair Witch Project meets the show Lost. Also it's a series and the next book isn't out yet. But I'm Obsessed)

I really love this book called thin air by Michelle Paver. I remember reading this part about the main character being in the tent alone on the snowy mountain and him starting to hear voices and hallucinate. I was soooooo freaked out I actually had to put on some pop music in the back ground to stop myself from being paranoid lmao. Has anyone else read this book?

I love the categories 😂😂😂

Ok, so I’ve narrowed it down to five books I think you COULD be into based on your top reads (all of which I have read, so I feel like I can offer some expertise here): 1. Monstrilio by Gerardo Samano Cordova 2. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric Larocca (this was recently republished in a collection o have not read, so cannot speak to the other things included in it) 3. Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman (you’ve gotta trust me on this one - it’s long but man can this boi write an ending) 4. Salt Slow by Julia Armfield (technically not horror, but if you loved OWUTS you’ll like this too) 5. Out There by Kate Folk (also not horror, but man these short stories have stayed in my brain forever)

omggg we had to read the historian in 10th grade and i was obsessed with it even tho the ending was a huge let down but the vibes and the atmosphere were 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽 I never see anyone talk about it too which is a shame bc I loved that book so much

Me taking notes even tho I do love a head full of ghosts but I trust you anyways ❤

I haven't read a lot of these books but I'm thinking maybe character driven stories are a common theme? Something that is exploring a person and their history or struggles along side the plot. Maybe also books with more subtlety? Like not necessarily leaving things unanswered but allowing you to take certain degrees of knowledge and learning from the story. I actually immediately thought The Last Tale of the Flower Bride as a book written in a style that I'm thinking of!

My theory for what your favorites have in common lol (disclaimer I haven’t read any of them I’ve just watched other people read and describe them on YT😅) One thing is short, like novellas. So if they’re not novellas they need to hold your attention and not drag Two, small cast of characters . Characters need to have a purpose, some meaning to be in there Three, a deeper message being told through the horror genre. Our wives under the sea has a core theme of grief. Dowry of blood- finding strength to leave toxic relationship I think? Best friends exorcism- friendship. Bird box- a woman’s journey in strength and motherhood (one of the things I love about the movie is how you don’t see the monsters bc that was never the POINT, the movie is about her journey as a mother, not sure how similar to book it is)

Okay I gotta recommend Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie. I know it’s talked about a lot on booktube. I absolutely loved it. The biggest complaint I’ve seen is that parents wouldn’t do that. As a parent I can say I absolutely would..you go through the grief of losing your kid and they come back?? Of course you would. They’re probably the only people in this world you’d do anything for. The author did a great job at building the world, he thought of so much, and it didn’t get the middle of the book lull that so many do.

Enjoyed the video! I think you might like Kill Creek by Scott Thomas. Also highly recommend The Twisted Ones by T Kingfisher especially since you loved Hollow Places Also I'm definitely going to check out The Patient, you made it sound so good

I love parody horror so much and I saw what Hendrix was doing with final girl support group i personally loved it because Fine the final plant and the crazy ass main character. I can also see why some wouldn’t like it I’d count it more as a mystery/thriller like Riley sagers final girl.

👻I was excited for this video. Tier ranking videos are fun to watch. I can see them being annoying to edit though. I am one of the people that doesn't think A Dowry of Blood is horror, but I also don't know what genre to put it in instead. 😅 My Best Friend's Exorcism is on my physical TBR and maybe I'll actually read it one day.

If you liked the grief concept in Our Wives Under the Sea. try Monstrilio 😊😍

I would love to know what you think of about Night Parade by Ronald Malfi. It's one of my absolute favorite horror books and we have similar style. The audiobook is amazing

Ohhh nice! A new video 🕷️🕷️🕷️

Love this video idęa 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Maybe you’ll like more gothic fiction and horror? 🧐

You might like Penpal. It is a spooky internet story origin like The Patient

you and I have very different tastes in horror lol or at least we like different things. I agree with 3 of your picks in the top 2 categories (I read 9), and I read 7 in the other categories, I liked all of them to some degree except for Camp Slaughter which is legit trash. Since you read Foe and I'm Thinking of Ending Things, I personally enjoy We Spread much more than the latter. I don't think it'd be a 5 star slay for you because the ending is a bit "weird", but it's similar enough to Our Wives Under the Sea and This Thing Between Us in tone that I think you'd enjoy it.

We have apperently simular tastes. 😂 always feel scared to recommend... but the death house might be one you like.

So for the ones I read on your list I’m with ya. The girl in red I loved kind of abrupt ending and I wanted more lol but really liked it. I was also a fan of dead silence for sure! Alice I thought was mid I felt like I was skimming versus reading it but it was interesting enough that I finished it. And then the only difference was into the drawing deep was a dnf for me it was boring and I feel like I only like the parasite series when it comes to the author’s work which is controversial lol I also tried to read their newsflesh series and I know normally that’s everyone’s favorite out of their work but also didn’t like it much so not a fan of them overall I don’t think

6th like!! I loved, loved "Bird Box"! 👻👻

I really wanted to like Hex, but I just got so angry at the characters and their choices (except for, like 2 people). There was also so much suicide talk in this, I wish I had known going in. I actually just looked at The Patient today, but I just bought some books, so I didn't buy it. Would definitely recommend The Twisted Ones by T Kingfisher, based off your list. Maybe The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell. It was pretty unique and kept me invested.

I feel like I’m in a similar spot to you where I want to like horror but I can’t figure out what I like in it so every horror book I read is a 2-3 star so I hesitate to pick it up 👻

SO glad to see we both didn't like Bunny. It draaaged for me. And more I learned about it, the less I liked it. Bird Box was great though!

I also loved the patient!!!!! So underrated💯 would also love recommendations like this one. Do you like horror movies? I personally love horror movies and tv shows and also haven’t found much horror books I like.

You mentioned penpal but I didn’t see it on here but if creepy pasta Reddit published vibes are your thing, a third popular one is Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell.

24:24 maybe my humor is broken but “I’m going to COUNT it” on a book about Count Dracula 😂 👻

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I think based on this you like horror vibes more than a horror execution of a book? I get you tbh I can't quite handle some aspects of horror even tho i really like horror concepts overall

“It felt like the lord of the rings of horror” lmaooo 😂 you’re not wrong haha I wasn’t a fan of no one gets out alive either 😅

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I think Pet Semetary appeals to the people who have read a lot of Stephen King and didn't like most of it. This, in my opinion, his his best crafted novel as far as pacing and length and the fact that he doesn't go on long rambling tangents. This is also one of his earlier works so he had to listen to his editors. I think once he really made it.... nothing got cut and it shows. I don't actually know. This is just my theory.

I know you said you don’t like YA, but My Best Friends Exorcism is YA so maybe you could enjoy certain YA horror 😊

👻 ghost girls 4 evvaaaaa

Silver nitrate was sooooo boring I agree, it was a DNF for me!

Come Closer read like a first draft. I just kept thinking "how did this get published as is?" It was one of the most disappointing books of 2022 for me 😅

I feel alone about not liking Bird Box.

Into the Drowning Deep... 👎 Was a 5⭐ prediction for me.. What a disappointment!

I haven't read Tender is the Flesh, but I feel like I wouldn't like it because it doesn't make sense. Not saying that people wouldn't turn to cannibalism, because they would. But because humans are also an animal (technically)... so if all other animals became uneatable, we would as well be uneatable. I kind of want to read it now, so I can pick it apart a little. 😅 👻

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